Strangely enough, according to what Boss Fu inquired about, this wave of blood eel tide only reached the waters off their village. After hearing about it, several nearby villages also excitedly grabbed their tools and rushed to the waters near their own villages.
As a result, not only were there no blood eels, but even a few sea snails were not found.
This overwhelming wealth seemed to have been specially prepared for the Fu family village.
This made people very envious, and a few daring people from other villages sneaked over to try their luck and catch some blood eels to sell.
However, the villagers of Fujia Village are still very united when dealing with outsiders.
These people didn't even have time to get close to the mudflats before they were scared back by several tall men.
The sea areas of each village are independent of each other. Although there is no explicit rule, it is a fact that everyone knows.
If everyone can access the sea areas of other villages to harvest seafood, then the people in our own village will starve.
When Fujia Village was poor, every time the brigade held a meeting, the neighboring Shenjia Village and Wangjia Village would make sarcastic remarks.
After Fu Wan bought several boats and hired many boatmen, life in Fu Family Village gradually improved.
In addition, the Fu family's shipping business was so successful that rumors circulated that they were specially protected by the goddess Mazu.
Fishermen who believe in Mazu are somewhat wary, fearing they might offend the goddess.
With the recent blood eel tide, the villagers in the surrounding villages have changed their previous disdain for Fujia Village and now believe that Fujia Village has good feng shui and good sea transport.
For breakfast, Fu Lao Da's family ate blood eel porridge. The blood eel meat was tender and smooth. Ye Xiao Cui added some shredded ginger and chopped green onions. The porridge was so fragrant and delicious that Fu Wan couldn't resist and ate two large bowls.
After breakfast, Boss Fu talked to Fu Wan about the road repair again.
In the past few days, Village Chief Fu has held several meetings. When they heard that Fu Wan was going to repair the road in the village, everyone was very excited. Several older men kept saying in the ancestral hall that the Fu family had produced a good girl.
In their eyes, road construction is a matter of paramount importance. The idea of turning the village's dilapidated muddy roads into smooth and wide cement roads, so that no matter how heavy the rain, there wouldn't be puddles here and there, is something everyone is eagerly anticipating.
However, it was at this time that Village Chief Fu brought up the matter of Fu Wan wanting to be granted some more residential land.
At first, some villagers disagreed, after all, the village area is only so big, if Fu Wan occupies more homestead land, then others will have to get less in the future.
But when the old village chief Fu glared at everyone and told them the location of the homestead that Fu Wan wanted, those who had objected fell silent.
At that time, they only had one thought in their minds: Could it be that Fu Wan had too much money to burn?
The land that Fu Wan wanted was overgrown with thorns and weeds. Someone had previously tried to clear the land there, hoping to plant something.
But there are no wells around here, so you have to carry water a long way to get it.
That's not all. The main problem is that, for some reason, nothing can grow on that land.
We can only let it grow unchecked, overgrown with weeds.
Moreover, there are small hills nearby, so if you build a house there, it will most likely be blocked from the sun.
If it rains, the rainwater flowing down from the mountain could flood the house.
After Village Chief Fu told everyone about the location, several elderly men hesitated for a while before coming over to persuade him.
I know your family is rich, but you can't just squander your money!
If you really need a house, you can buy one in the county town!
If Fu Wan hadn't analyzed the situation with Boss Fu beforehand, he would have been persuaded to give up that piece of land.
What does it matter if we can't grow anything? Building a house doesn't require fertile land.
It's okay that there's a hillside behind her. Right now, the mountain is bare with hardly any trees. She can lease the mountain and plant more trees, so there won't be any risk of mudslides in the future.
As for the sunlight being blocked, Fu Wan went to see the hillside, and it was only three or four meters high at most. When the hotel is built, it will be taller than the hillside no matter what.
Besides, if all else fails, she can simply hire an excavator to level the hillside, which would increase the hotel's building area.
The old man couldn't easily explain these intricacies to those old men, since in their eyes, how tall could a house possibly be?
Their homes were all mud-brick houses. Fu Wan's building was a bit taller, but it wasn't as extravagant as the villas of later generations.
But if you're planning to get into the tourism industry, the hotels you build should be somewhat modern, otherwise how can you give tourists a better experience?
In short, despite all the persuasion, everyone eventually agreed to let Fu Wan occupy that plot of land.
When Boss Fu told Fu Wan about this, he was also thinking of asking her about the road repair money. The old village chief was unwilling to manage it and suggested that Boss Fu directly find someone to start repairing the road.
Fu Laoda doesn't have the energy for this. Fu Wan thought for a moment and suggested, "Father, your time is also limited."
Why don't you ask the village chief if you can give the money to Uncle Liu for safekeeping?
"You arrange the road repairs, and the accountant will handle the cement purchases and worker wages."
Her father and the old village chief Fu were both people with limited energy. A thousand yuan was neither a lot nor a little.
If no one is specifically in charge of the money, the accounts will inevitably become a mess.
With Accountant Liu helping them sort things out, Fu Wan felt more at ease.
"Yeah, and that kid Lao Liu too!"
Upon hearing this, Boss Fu's eyes lit up. It had to be his daughter; he hadn't thought of her at all.
"It's just that I'll have to trouble Uncle Liu. How about this, I'll take out another twenty yuan from inside later as a wage for Uncle Liu."
“Great idea. Old Liu will definitely be willing to do it for twenty yuan.”
Nobody likes having extra work done for no reason. Even though it's for the villagers, Accountant Liu will put in more effort because of the money involved.
"Dad, that's settled then. I'll be taking the train to Shanghai the day after tomorrow, so I'll leave these matters to you."
Fu Wan smiled gently, "By the time I come back next time, the village should have changed a lot, right?"
Repairing a cement road is actually quite quick. As long as the road is leveled, and cement is laid on top, it can be finished after the cement dries and it's rinsed with water a couple of times.
At this point, Fu Wan suddenly remembered something and added, "Before we build the road, don't forget to have everyone lay a layer of gravel first. Our family will pay for it, and everyone else should at least contribute some effort."
Lay more gravel under the cement; this will prevent the cement from cracking later.
There were plenty of broken stones on the beach, and Boss Fu nodded repeatedly as he listened.
"That makes sense, everyone needs to get involved."
Back in the days of communal dining, those who didn't work wouldn't even get a single cornbread. If those people don't come out to work, they'll never be able to walk on paved roads again!
You only learn to cherish and care for something by participating in it.
With Boss Fu making the arrangements, Fu Wan felt at ease preparing for her trip to Shanghai again.
This trip to Shanghai is to finalize the development plan for Pudong. After thinking about the money in her savings account, Fu Wan took out a box behind the cabinet, took out two gold bricks and a few gold bars, and planned to go to Beijing on the way to sell them.
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